This paper investigates the relationship between trust and macroeconomic volatility. In a cross section of countries …, we show that higher trust is associated with lower macroeconomic instability. We use the inherited trust of Americans as … an instrumental variable of trust in their origin country to overcome all potential reverse causality concerns. We use …

This paper documents the co-evolution of social capital, measured as generalized trust, and financial development over … the twentieth century. I use cross generations inherited trust of Americans with foreign ancestors to track trust in their … home country in 1913 and 1990. The paper documents a positive cross-section relationship between trust and financial …

, business uncertainty, trust, and social respect are positively related to a supplier's relational adaptation. Research … interfirm governance mechanism to attain relational adaptation. Second, the development of trust and social respect in customer …

probabilities" in order to break the trust relationship. Investors do not alter their behavior in a significant way, at least not … zero. In the light of the experimental findings, such trades would not provide a favorable environment for building trust. …

analyse the role and the development of trust and then, the relation between the degree of sophistication of Information and …

retirement incentives set by governments. We show the importance of trust given to the employer in wage negotiations by a simple … of the distribution of trust to employers at the country level. We then identify these properties by an empirical study … conditions. This results also applies to countries with higher generalized trust. …